An old man on the street

For last few years Bangladesh Government has introduced special allowance for old citizens throughout the country. And the amount was only 200 taka per month. Can you imaging at present in the era of high price how can a man survive with that amount of money? On the other hand due to unplanned and unorganized urbanization a huge number of people are getting jobless as an effect of environmental and natural imbalance.

But the old man in the picture really surprised us for his activities and power of persuade the passers by to buy his products.

He was a hawker of a tooth powder along with a special “Tabiz” only at taka 20. Don’t know about the quality or effectiveness of his product but the strength in his voice and the confidence really enough to persuade a person to buy his product.

The thing is often we think, it is impossible to resist the ongoing environmental pollution caused by the so called modernization activities. But from the old man who was about more than 80 years old, selling his product on the road, claiming its cent percent effectiveness, could be an icon and example for our weak mentality. From him, at least we can learn, “where there is a will, there is a way”.